The purpose of this study was to examine verbal fluency and verbal short-term memory in 12
adults with Down syndrome (DS) and 12 adults with Intellectual Disability (ID) of unspecified …

Background Many studies have indicated that individuals with Down's syndrome (DS) show
a specific deficit in short‐term memory for verbal information. The aim of the present study …

Research has shown that verbal short‐term memory span is shorter in individuals with Down
syndrome than in typically developing individuals of equivalent mental age, but little …

Background Down syndrome (DS) is characterized by impaired memory span, particularly
auditory verbal memory span. Memory span is linked developmentally to several language …

Background It is recognized that individuals with Down's syndrome have a specific deficit in
verbal short‐term memory. On the other hand, non‐verbal short‐term memory seems to be …

Background Verbal short‐term memory, as measured by digit or word span, is generally
impaired in individuals with Down's syndrome (DS) compared to mental age‐matched …

Background Verbal short‐term memory (STM) capacity has been considered to support
vocabulary learning in typical children and adults, but evidence for this link is inconsistent for …

The present study is an in-depth examination of receptive vocabulary in individuals with
Down syndrome (DS) in comparison to control groups of individuals of similar nonverbal …

This study evaluates the psychometric properties of a verbal fluency task for potential use as
an outcome measure in future clinical trials involving children with Down syndrome. Eighty …

Abstract Background Individuals with Down's syndrome (DS) have an auditory short‐term
memory span disproportionately shorter than the non‐verbal mental age (MA). This study …